Can handling device



P 1, 1931- E. A. SODERBERG 1,821,819

CAN HANDLING DEVI CE Original Filed Jan. 11. 1929 ,5 I 0mm xi V 'I.I'X'I'X INVENTOR.

ERIK H. SUDEREIERE 5 57- 1 mgw TTORNEYS.

Patented Sept. 1, 1931 i UNITED STATES I FFE E GUNDERSEN, OF ALAMEDA .CAl-IFORNIA CAN HANDLiNG. jnEvron Application filed January 11,1929, Serial he.

This invention relates to improvements in can handling devices.

. case the operator can only grasp The principal object of this inventionis to provide a device whereby a plurality of cans may be picked up, carried and .deposited in a single operation in counter distinction to the customary method of grasping two or more-cans in the hands transporting them and returning for more.

Another object is to produce a device wherein a row of cans as commonly found I in the transporting boxes may be picked up as a line and redeposited at a distant point,

still maintaining the cans in line.

Afurther object is to produce a device which is economical to manufacture and one Which may be operated by an unskilled laborer.

A still further object is to provide automatic means for grasping the cans when the handles are moved toward each other.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specificatlon and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device, Figure 2 is a top plan viewof Figure 1, Figure 3 is an enlarged detailed cross section taken on the. line 3-3 of Figure'Q,

and V Figure 4c is a diagonal view showingthe manner in which the cans are deposited in the transporting boxes.

In canneries and the like places where a large number of'cans are handled, in some instances the, cans pass from the cookers into transporting boxes and are then transported to a distant point from which point they are lifted out of the boxes by hand and stacked in the storage space. In other instances the cans are carried by hand from the'cooker to the storage space. Ineither four cans, two in each hand at a time, with the result that a large number of men are required to do the stacking and as a consequence are in each others way a good part of the time.

time equal I Renewed January. 19, 1931.

WVith my-device'it is possible to pick up a large number of cans in least possible tothat required to pick up one can transportthem and deposit a minimum amount of efl'ort.

device'c'ojnsists essentially of two par allel strips 5 and 6-to the sides of which aresecured corrugated plates 7 and 8 respectively. It will be noted in Figure 1 which enables the same to enter between the ans more readily. These plates are secured upon pivot bolts 19' and carried in the up turned ends ofthe brackets 11 and 12. The result of this construction is that when the handles 18 are moved at their upper ends the parallel 6 will be's'pre'ad apart whole may then be placed over a row of cans as shown in Figure 1. -As soon as the. strips Sand '6 engage the tops of the cans the handles 18 are then moved toward each other and the pins 16 slots 13 and 14 will cause the parallel strips tomove toward each other with the result that the corrugated plates 7 and 8 will be brought into engagement with the cans to such an extent thatthe rolled edge of the can A will extend through the slots 9 which will prevent the cans from dropping out from the bottom of the plates.

By now lifting the device as a whole, the cans may be 1i ted and deposited in any place desired. lVhen the handles are spread the cans will be released and the device is ready to-pick up a further set of cans.

st-rips 5 and It will, thus be seenthat my device will '7 them with and the device as'a and 17 acting in the TO GEQEGE of that the lower extremities of these plates are serrated away from each other ien It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same and that various changes relative to the material, size, shape and arrangement of arts may be resorted to Without departing rom the spirit ofthe invention or the scope of the subjoined Having thus claim 1. In a device of the character described, a pair of parallel strips corrugated plates secured to said strips, said plates having openings formed therein for the purpose of engaging handles pivotally supported on said parallel strips and means carried by said handles for movingvsaid strips toward and aWay from each other;

2. In a device of the character described, a pair of parallel strips, brackets secured to said strips at opposite ends thereof, a handle pivoted to said brackets, pins extending from each end entering cam slots formed in said parallel strips, corrugated plates carried on said parallel strips and having openings formed in the vertical Walls thereof for the purpose of engaging the edge of the article to be carried in the manner described.

3. In a device of the character described, a pair of horizontally disposed parallel strips, brackets secured to said strips at the opposite ends thereof, a handle pivoted to said brackets, pins extending therefrom and entering cam slots formed in said parallel strips, corrugated plates depending from said parallel strips and having openings claims. described my invention, I

formed. in the vertical walls thereof for the purpose of engaging an edge of the article to be carried in the manner described.

4. In a device of the character described, a pair of horizontally disposed parallel strips, brackets secured to said strips at the opposite ends thereof, a handle pivoted to said brackets, pins extending therefrom and entering cam slots formed in said parallel strips, corrugated plates depending from said parallel strips and having openings formed in the vertical Walls thereof for the purpose of engaging an edge of the article to be carried, said. vertically disposed corrugated plates having a serrated lower extremity.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ERIK A. SODERBERG.

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